Dive Sites

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  • Koh Chang's  Marine National Park has hude variety of corals and fish. We have many dive sites to choose, from Coral Pinnacles to beautiful fringing reefs. We have great sites for beginners where you can learn safely in shallow waters teaming with fish to deep wrecks suitable for hardened tec divers.
  • The Koh Chang reefs include, Hin Rap, Hin Luk Bat, Hin Rua Tek, Blueberry hill, Hin Sam Sao just a 30 minutes cruise from Koh Chang.
  • In the south at the centre of the Marine park the un-inhabited island Koh Rang has great variety of sites from rocky pinnacles where larger fish are often seen to the many small islets with fringing coral reefs. Find outmore about these dive site carry on reading below.
  • Koh Yak, Koh Nok, Hin Kuak Ma (3 Fingers reef), Po Ping, Koh Thien and The Pinnicales.

Hin Rap

A rock island just 40 minutes from Koh Chang. Although above the water here is no life, below the water this site is teeming with fish. A large platform at 4-6 meters is covered in soft corals with gulleys to explore. Around the island in deeper (18m) water you can find large schools of batfish, barracuda and trevelly. Often larger pelagics are seen here and the occasional whale shark if you are very lucky. Visibility here can get up to 30-40 meters in high season. A great dive site whether you have many dives or if it is your first.

Hin Luk Bat

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A coral pinnacle that just sticks above the water. Visibility up to 35 meters is often experienced during high season letting you really appreciate this site. Hin Luk Bat drops down to around 18 meters and is covered in hard coral such as cathedral coral, staghorn corals and table corals. For the more experienced diver there are a lot of swim throughs. Greater barracuda and king mackerel are often seen here that get up to around 2 meters long! Schools of batfish and yellow tailed barracuda along with all the other reef fish cover this site and offer a great opportunity for naturalists and photographers. One of the best dive sites on a good day!!

Blueberry Hill

Placed not far from Hin Rap, Bluebery Hill has a diverse selection of hard and soft corals. The reef begins at the depth of 3 metres and drops down to 18 metres in places. Perfect for seeing Batfish, Giant Trevelly and also home to many Clown fish the reef becomes alive with colour. Normally no current runs and the visibility can be 25 metres for most of the high season.

Hin saam sao

Towards the northwest of Koh Chang, this dive site has some nice corals, rich fish life, but sometimes has poor visibility because of its closeness to land. One side of the reef was destroyed by dynamite, it is recovering though. The depth can go down to 18  metres and vis can be 30 metres ++.DeepOverview

Koh Rang Dive Sites

Hin Kaduang (The Pinnacles)

Deep water site with two large rocky pinnacles that almost break the surface. Often larger pelagic fish are seen here such as Barracuda, King fish, Sailfish and Trevelly. Turtles are relatively common here and even reef sharks are occasionally seen.  However, rather than keeping an eye out for rare creatures, divers should simply enjoy the wide variety of both hard and soft corals and profusion of  marine life. The pinnacles is a great spot for Advanced Open waters the reef drops down to 30 metres.

Koh Yak and Koh Nok

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These small islands have some of the best corals in the Koh Chang Archepeligo. These two islands offer great oppurtunties for both divers and snorkellers, fringing reefs surrond these spots with large table corals and staghorn corals. The water teem with reef fish and a great place for photographers as these sites are shallow and the visibility is awesome. Most high season the vis will reach 25 metres+ most days!

 

Hin Kuak Ma (A.K.A 3 finger rock)

This is one of the greatest dives here. The south side is a rock wall, good to spot eels, nudibranches, stone fish, at the backside of the rock is a slope, covered in coral, and with an abundance of fish. Sometimes we spot a bamboo shark or turtle. Almost every dive you can see blue spotted stingrays, moray eels, blue ringed angelfish, parrotfish. Very good snorkeling if there is no current can also be enjoyed. The depth can go down to 25 metres and vis can be up to 25 metres also.

Koh Kra

This island of the north coast of Koh Rang provides a gently sloping reef upon which gardens of staghorn coral and the usual wide variety of lively reef fish are seen.  The coral lies less than five metres form the surface making this a fun, shallow dive for anyone beginning their life as a scuba diver. Rays are also often seen on the seafloor.coral2

Koh Thien


A small island off the north east coast of Koh Rang.  Although the coral reef isn't as good as it once was - due to this locations popularity with snorkellers as well as divers - you can still enjoy some great underwater scenery and are guaranteed plenty of opportunities for underwater photography in the shallow waters surrounding the island.

 

Where ever we go diving from Koh Chang at Scuba Zone we know you will walk away with a smile on your face and a skip in your walk.

 
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